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Old Age in the New Land The American Experience since 1790 / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Achenbaum, W. Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public opinion.
- Older people.
- Alter.
- Opinion publique--©Etats-Unis.
- Personnes ©ag©ees--©Etats-Unis--Opinion publique.
- Personnes ©ag©ees--©Etats-Unis--Histoire.
- Geriatrics--history.
- Geriatrics.
- Older people--history.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Older people--United States--Public opinion.
- Older people--United States--History.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Alter.
- Opinion publique--©Etats-Unis.
- Personnes ©ag©ees--©Etats-Unis--Opinion publique.
- Personnes ©ag©ees--©Etats-Unis--Histoire.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on a wide range of sources from social, intellectual, and political history, W. Andrew Achenbaum analyzes the changing fates and fortunes of America's elderly in the course of its history. By providing a historical perspective on society's conceptions of aging—and its effects on human lives—Achenbaum's work offers valuable insights for historians, sociologists, gerontologists, and others interested in the "graying" of America.
- Contents:
- pt. I: Changing perceptions of the aged's roles in nineteenth-century America
- The usefulness of old age
- Variations on a theme
- The obsolescence of old age
- pt. II: The demographic and socioeconomic dimensions of old age
- The rhetoric and realities of growing old diverge in nineteenth-century America
- Old age becomes "modern" in twentieth-century America
- pt. III: Contemporary old age in historical perspective
- Old age becomes a national problem
- Social Security: A novel solution for the problem of America's aged
- Old age in the United States since Social Security.
- Notes:
- The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
- Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-2107-X
- OCLC:
- 1131905670
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